Railway master

Railway master of the Swiss Federal Railways in uniform around 1980

Railway foreman , also railway supervisor or chief railway attendant (abbreviation: Bm), is a former functional designation in railway operations for a technical railway employee who is responsible for the safe maintenance of the railway systems ( superstructure ) within a route area (a railway maintenance office ). In his area of work, he is responsible for the implementation of the work orders of the line engineers , the supervision of railway workers and the supervision of the line maintenance service .

The service rooms and any service accommodation of a railway foreman are also referred to as the railway master's office or railway master's house.

Individual evidence

^ Günther Boehm, Eberhard Lorenz, Hartmut Renner: Youth Lexicon Railway ; transpress VEB, Berlin 1986. ISBN 3-344-00055-1
↑ Railway Master's House. In: Viktor von Röll (ed.): Encyclopedia of the Railway System . 2nd Edition. Volume 1: Cover - discontinuation of construction . Urban & Schwarzenberg, Berlin / Vienna 1912, p. 420 .

literature

Brockhaus' Kleines Konversations-Lexikon 1911: Bahnmeister

Röll: Encyclopedia of the Railway System : Railway Master

[1] Günther Boehm, Eberhard Lorenz, Hartmut Renner: Youth Lexicon Railway ; transpress VEB, Berlin 1986. ISBN 3-344-00055-1

[2] Railway Master's House. In: Viktor von Röll (ed.): Encyclopedia of the Railway System . 2nd Edition. Volume 1: Cover - discontinuation of construction . Urban & Schwarzenberg, Berlin / Vienna 1912, p. 420 .